A major global brewer is rolling out a SmartBarley program in China to help support local farmers and communities. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the world’s largest brewing company by sales, will deploy resources and manpower to harvest barley in Jiangsu province through smarter production methods. The Belgium-based brewer has partnered with Jiangsu Farming Group Co Ltd to…

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has become a familiar figure. The tall, mustachioed man who makes science fun is on television, on the radio and on Twitter, adding wit and humor to complex subjects like physics and space and making them more accessible to the public. Just last week, the head of the Hayden Planetarium at the…

Walking into a yoga studio for the first time can be a daunting experience: Everyone else seems to know how the class works and the room swelters. So a change of venue – say, a brewery – could help a would-be yogi ease into downward dog. Especially with a cold pint. Saturday is the International Day…

Tsingtao Brewery’s beer is probably one of the best-known Chinese beverage brands in the world. The century-old company said it is the strict standards that have laid the foundation for its success. The brewery was established in 1903 in Qingdao, a coastal city in East China’s Shandong province. Standardization has been a golden rule from the…